Wednesday, March 19, 2014

It’s odd that in all the breathless pronouncements about the
“NASA funded study” that predicts the global collapse of modern civilization,
there is not one mention of prior bias of the researcher NASA funded. It’s odd
because it’s so devastatingly simple to uncover with a quick Google search.

(Emphasis mine.)

Safa Motesharrei has been writing about the collapse of civilization
since at least 2011 (and likely a lot earlier, but I gathered all I needed to
know in my 10-minute search). What’s fascinating about his writing is his naked
disdain for society’s wealthy, whom he calls “free riders,” and his
totalitarian recommendations to save us all from this impending doom, including
government policies to “stabilize population,” and to “stabilize industrial
production per person.” Let the implications of those recommendations sink in.

So the real question becomes since NASA surely vetted Mr.
Motesharrei, why did that fund the research of someone with such extreme views
on government control? And if they didn't vet him, why not?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

C-SPAN may be an entertainment wasteland, but it does have
its moments. Here is one of them.

While Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) discusses the US
Constitution, her staffer dutifully strikes the “I’m busy reading these
documents while my boss talks” pose. Until she says this:

“Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished
members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us
an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces
the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400
years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional
and what is not.”